TAKE That fans were warned to avoid bogus sellers after tickets for the boyband’s Birmingham show went on sale a day before today’s official release.

One seller on auction site eBay was asking for £110, twice the minimum face value for a standing ticket, to see the concert at Villa Park next June. The group’s 14-date UK tour next Summer, which will see former member Robbie Williams rejoin the line-up for the first time since 1995, was announced on Tuesday. But police and trading standards authorities across the country have already found several dodgy websites claiming to be offering tickets.

A Birmingham Trading Standards spokesman said: “Anyone who is in any doubt over the legitimacy of tickets they are wishing to purchase can contact trading standards for advice on 303 6031.”

The guidance comes just weeks after con artist Jason Debney received a one-year suspended jail sentence for pocketing nearly £2,500 by selling non-existent tickets to devastated fans for a Take That concert at the NEC.